I see my flight drop from 6000 feet and nail targets with good accuracy.

I just drop when they do and I get some hits but I would like to hear if you guys have any tips or tricks to level bombing in the BE2c? I press F11 for bombsight view but there is none!

Is there any altitude/speed/view combo that is a makeshift bombsight?

Hello Lanzfeld

The best results, historically, were obtained by going in low: the first RFC Victoria Cross of the was awarded, posthumously, to Lt. Rhodes-Moorhouse - mortally wounded during a bombing mission to Courtrai railway station, 29th April 1915. He got back, but died of his wounds.

Same applies in WOFF - low, but not too low or you get hit by the blast or ground fire. It is just trial and error, until you get it right (if you survive). Otherwise, stay high and live

The BE2 could not carry bombs and an Observer, so the Observer had to stay behind. I reduce ammunition load to 20% in WOFF when I have a bombing mission - I would reduce it to 0%, but 20% seems to be the lowest that you can go in WOFF.

B.

Wow thanks Bletchley!

I didn't know about the load limits. I will do the same with my ammo from now on.

As far as bombing I guess I will take my flight down to 3000 for the bomb run to simulate "being low". They do really well at 6000 (my preferred bombing level) but the great fun of this sim is to play it like the brave men did back then. Do you think 3000 feet is acceptable or should I go in lower?

BTW....cant wait for your additions to his sim.

3000 ft is probably about right, although pilots such as Rhodes-Moorhouse and Strange went down to 300 ft

General Henderson is reported to have said that below 3000 ft his pilots would be "shot down like rabbits"

B.

I suspect the AI in WOFF are having the abilities of WW2 bombers (CSF3 bomb sights), so more accurate than real BE2c pilots would be? Just a guess. They bomb a lot better than I do, so obviously they must be cheating (GRIN).

Well, I hope that's not the case.

I haven't noticed, but are they always accurate and hit their mark? If so, then it would be nice to have a way to make them miss sometimes, so that I can have an incentive to do it myself.

speaking of ammo load; if i need to head home real quick should i fire away all my ammo to get some more MPH? (KPH)

Stay High and alive in WOFF.

I am still in training in the BE2c. Lost my first pilot trying to 'follow' my instructor. Now I don't use TrackIr for this and have 'chase view' and labels on otherwise I lose the instructor in the murk as I'm doing training in Feb. The training seems to work as I have done a few sorties without killing myself. Maybe I should remuster into the infantry!

A Question - how does warp work in WOFF? - I used to use it in OFF but can't seem to get it to work now.

As for bombing I'll get there sooner or later

No warp. You can speed up time with <shift +> 2x, 4x, 8x, etc.

Is there any indication of what time speed you are at? Maybe I had sped up the time but didn't notice....